Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cross-examine \Cross"-ex*am"ine\ (-?m"?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Cross-examined} (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cross-examining}.]
   (Law)
   To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and
   examined by the opposite party. ``The opportunity to
   cross-examine the witnesses.'' --Kent.